[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nemo', ' ')Inflatable escape slides and oxygen masks that drop from the ceilings make us feel safer, but in reality I suspect their usefulness is rather limited - how many lives have those oxygen masks saved in total,in all airplanes, throughout the history of aviation? How much do these systems weigh, and how much extra fuel is burned to carry them around at 850kmh?

[MrBill]

If they encouraged passengers to drink heavily BEFORE they get on the plane then they would sleep and they would not have to transport food & beverage onboard either? ; - ))

[Rabbit]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('emersonbiggins', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nemo', ' ')Inflatable escape slides and oxygen masks that drop from the ceilings make us feel safer, but in reality I suspect their usefulness is rather limited - how many lives have those oxygen masks saved in total,in all airplanes, throughout the history of aviation? How much do these systems weigh, and how much extra fuel is burned to carry them around at 850kmh?